List of Vice Presidents of the United States by age

This is a list of Vice Presidents of the United States by age. The first table charts the age of each United States Vice President at the time of their presidential inauguration (first inauguration if they were elected to multiple and consecutive terms), at the time they left office, and at the time of their death. Each vice president's age at death, their lifespan, is measured in two ways; this is to allow for the differing number of leap days occurring within each one's life. The first figure is the number of days between date of birth and date of death, allowing for leap days; in parentheses the same period given in years and days, with the years being the number of whole years that the vice president lived, and the days being the number of days after their last birthday. Where the vice president is still living, lifespan is calculated up to December 25, 2024.

Overview

The median age of accession is roughly 53 years and 6 months, which is how old John Adams was at his inauguration. The youngest vice president to assume office was John C. Breckinridge, at the age of 36 years, 47 days. Serving only one term, he became and remains the youngest at the time of leaving office. The oldest vice president to assume office was Alben W. Barkley, at the age of 71 years, 57 days. He was also the oldest in office when he left office.

The oldest living vice president is George H. W. Bush, born on June 12, 1924 (age ); he is also the oldest living president. The second oldest living vice president, Walter Mondale, has the distinction of having the longest post-vice presidency in U.S. history, . The youngest living vice president is Al Gore, born on March 31, 1948 (age ). The longest-lived vice president was John Nance Garner, who died at the age of 98 years, 350 days. He surpassed Levi Morton for this distinction on November 23, 1964. (Morton had surpassed the longevity of the nation's first Vice President, John Adams, on January 20, 1915.) The shortest-lived vice president was Daniel D. Tompkins, who died at the age of 50 years, 355 days.

Since 1797, when John Adams' service as Vice President ended, there have been only two periods in American history where there has not been a living former Vice President:

• July 4, 1891 to March 4, 1893, between the death of Hannibal Hamlin (Abraham Lincoln's first Vice President), and the end of Levi Morton's vice presidency; and
• May 16, 1920 to March 4, 1921, between Morton's own death, and the end of Thomas R. Marshall's vice presidency.

The greatest number of former vice presidents alive at any one time has been six, and included: Richard Nixon, Spiro Agnew, Gerald Ford, Walter Mondale, George H. W. Bush, and Dan Quayle. This occurred between Al Gore's first inauguration as Vice President on January 20, 1993, and Nixon's death on April 22, 1994. The second time this occurred is from the inauguration of Mike Pence on January 20, 2017 and includes Walter Mondale, George H. W. Bush, Dan Quayle, Al Gore, Dick Cheney, and Joe Biden.

Prior to passage of the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, a vacancy in the office of the Vice President could not be filled until the next post-election inauguration. Such vacancies were common; sixteen occurred before the 25th Amendment was ratified, as a result of: seven deaths, one resignation, and eight cases in which the vice president succeeded to the presidency. This amendment allowed for a vacancy to be filled with appointment by the President and confirmation by both chambers of the U.S. Congress. Since the Amendment's passage, two vice presidents have been appointed through this process, Gerald Ford in 1973 (following Spiro Agnew's resignation) and Nelson Rockefeller in 1974 (following Ford's ascension to the presidency upon Nixon's resignation).

Five U.S. Vice Presidents have lived into their 90s. They are (in order of birth):

John Adams (1735–1826)   Levi P. Morton (1824–1920)   John Nance Garner (1868–1967)   Gerald Ford (1913–2006)   George H. W. Bush (Born 1924)

Vice Presidents of the United States by age

#	Vice President	Birth date	Inauguration date	Age at inauguration	Vice Presidency end date	Age at end date	Post-vice presidency timespan	Death date	Lifespan
1	John Adams	Oct 30, 1735	Apr 21, 1789		Mar 4, 1797		10,713 days ()	Jul 4, 1826	( days)
2	Thomas Jefferson	Apr 13, 1743	Mar 4, 1797		Mar 4, 1801		09,253 days ()	Jul 4, 1826	( days)
3	Aaron Burr	Feb 6, 1756	Mar 4, 1801		Mar 4, 1805		11,517 days ()	Sep 14, 1836	( days)
4	George Clinton	Jul 26, 1739	Mar 4, 1805		Apr 20, 1812		00,0000 days	Apr 20, 1812	( days)
5	Elbridge Gerry	Jul 17, 1744	Mar 4, 1813		Nov 23, 1814		00,0000 days	Nov 23, 1814	( days)
6	Daniel D. Tompkins	Jun 21, 1774	Mar 4, 1817		Mar 4, 1825		00,099 days	Jun 11, 1825	( days)
7	John C. Calhoun	Mar 18, 1782	Mar 4, 1825		Dec 28, 1832		06,302 days ()	Mar 31, 1850	( days)
8	Martin Van Buren	Dec 5, 1782	Mar 4, 1833		Mar 4, 1837		09,273 days ()	Jul 24, 1862	( days)
9	Richard M. Johnson	Oct 17, 1780	Mar 4, 1837		Mar 4, 1841		03,547 days ()	Nov 19, 1850	( days)
10	John Tyler	Mar 29, 1790	Mar 4, 1841		Apr 4, 1841		07,594 days ()	Jan 18, 1862	( days)
11	George M. Dallas	Jul 10, 1792	Mar 4, 1845		Mar 4, 1849		05,781 days ()	Dec 31, 1864	( days)
12	Millard Fillmore	Jan 7, 1800	Mar 4, 1849		Jul 9, 1850		08,643 days ()	Mar 8, 1874	( days)
13	William R. King	Apr 7, 1786	Mar 4, 1853		Apr 18, 1853		00,0000 days	Apr 18, 1853	( days)
14	John C. Breckinridge	Jan 16, 1821	Mar 4, 1857		Mar 4, 1861		05,187 days ()	May 17, 1875	( days)
15	Hannibal Hamlin	Aug 27, 1809	Mar 4, 1861		Mar 4, 1865		09,618 days ()	Jul 4, 1891	( days)
16	Andrew Johnson	Dec 29, 1808	Mar 4, 1865		Apr 15, 1865		03,759 days ()	Jul 31, 1875	( days)
17	Schuyler Colfax	Mar 23, 1823	Mar 4, 1869		Mar 4, 1873		04,333 days ()	Jan 13, 1885	( days)
18	Henry Wilson	Feb 16, 1812	Mar 4, 1873		Nov 22, 1875		00,0000 days	Nov 22, 1875	( days)
19	William A. Wheeler	Jun 30, 1819	Mar 4, 1877		Mar 4, 1881		02,283 days ()	Jun 4, 1887	( days)
20	Chester A. Arthur	Oct 5, 1829	Mar 4, 1881		Sep 19, 1881		01,886 days ()	Nov 18, 1886	( days)
21	Thomas A. Hendricks	Sep 7, 1819	Mar 4, 1885		Nov 25, 1885		00,0000 days	Nov 25, 1885	( days)
22	Levi P. Morton	May 16, 1824	Mar 4, 1889		Mar 4, 1893		09,934 days ()	May 16, 1920	( days)
23	Adlai E. Stevenson	Oct 23, 1835	Mar 4, 1893		Mar 4, 1897		06,310 days ()	Jun 14, 1914	( days)
24	Garret Hobart	Jun 3, 1844	Mar 4, 1897		Nov 21, 1899		00,0000 days	Nov 21, 1899	( days)
25	Theodore Roosevelt	Oct 27, 1858	Mar 4, 1901		Sep 14, 1901		06,323 days ()	Jan 6, 1919	( days)
26	Charles W. Fairbanks	May 11, 1852	Mar 4, 1905		Mar 4, 1909		03,379 days ()	Jun 4, 1918	( days)
27	James S. Sherman	Oct 24, 1855	Mar 4, 1909		Oct 30, 1912		00,0000 days	Oct 30, 1912	( days)
28	Thomas R. Marshall	Mar 14, 1854	Mar 4, 1913		Mar 4, 1921		01,550 days ()	Jun 1, 1925	( days)
29	Calvin Coolidge	Jul 4, 1872	Mar 4, 1921		Aug 2, 1923		03,444 days ()	Jan 5, 1933	( days)
30	Charles G. Dawes	Aug 27, 1865	Mar 4, 1925		Mar 4, 1929		08,085 days ()	Apr 23, 1951	( days)
31	Charles Curtis	Jan 25, 1860	Mar 4, 1929		Mar 4, 1933		01,071 days ()	Feb 8, 1936	( days)
32	John N. Garner	Nov 22, 1868	Mar 4, 1933		Jan 20, 1941		09,787 days ()	Nov 7, 1967	( days)
33	Henry A. Wallace	Oct 7, 1888	Jan 20, 1941		Jan 20, 1945		07,607 days ()	Nov 18, 1965	( days)
34	Harry S. Truman	May 8, 1884	Jan 20, 1945		Apr 12, 1945		10,120 days ()	Dec 26, 1972	( days)
35	Alben W. Barkley	Nov 24, 1877	Jan 20, 1949		Jan 20, 1953		01,196 days ()	Apr 30, 1956	( days)
36	Richard Nixon	Jan 9, 1913	Jan 20, 1953		Jan 20, 1961		12,145 days ()	Apr 22, 1994	( days)
37	Lyndon B. Johnson	Aug 27, 1908	Jan 20, 1961		Nov 22, 1963		03,349 days ()	Jan 22, 1973	( days)
38	Hubert Humphrey	May 27, 1911	Jan 20, 1965		Jan 20, 1969		03,280 days ()	Jan 13, 1978	( days)
39	Spiro Agnew	Nov 9, 1918	Jan 20, 1969		Oct 10, 1973		08,378 days ()	Sep 17, 1996	( days)
40	Gerald Ford	Jul 14, 1913	Dec 6, 1973		Aug 9, 1974		11,827 days ()	Dec 26, 2006	( days)
41	Nelson Rockefeller	Jul 8, 1908	Dec 19, 1974		Jan 20, 1977		00,736 days ()	Jan 26, 1979	( days)
42	Walter Mondale	Jan 5, 1928	Jan 20, 1977		Jan 20, 1981		days ()	2024-12-25	( days)
43	George H. W. Bush	Jun 12, 1924	Jan 20, 1981		Jan 20, 1989		days ()	2024-12-25	( days)
44	Dan Quayle	Feb 4, 1947	Jan 20, 1989		Jan 20, 1993		0 days ()	2024-12-25	( days)
45	Al Gore	Mar 31, 1948	Jan 20, 1993		Jan 20, 2001		0 days ()	2024-12-25	( days)
46	Dick Cheney	Jan 30, 1941	Jan 20, 2001		Jan 20, 2009		0 days ()	2024-12-25	( days)
47	Joe Biden	Nov 20, 1942	Jan 20, 2009		Jan 20, 2017		0 days ()	2024-12-25	( days)
48	Mike Pence	Jun 7, 1959	Jan 20, 2017		2024-12-25			2024-12-25	( days)
#	Vice President	Birth date	Inauguration date	Age at inauguration	Vice Presidency end date	Age at end date	Post-vice presidency timespan	Death date	Lifespan

Timeline of oldest living Vice Presidents

See also: Living Vice Presidents of the United States

Of the 47 persons who have served as vice president, 21 have become the oldest such individual of their time. The first vice president, John Adams, held this distinction from his inauguration on April 21, 1789, until his death on July 4, 1826 (37 years, and 47 days, a record that still stands). At 53 years of age when he took office, he remains the youngest vice president to hold this distinction. Lyndon B. Johnson became the oldest living vice president upon the death of Harry S. Truman in December 1972, but outlived him by only 4 weeks. Truman was the oldest to acquire this distinction, at age 83, in November 1967.

On three occasions the oldest living vice president lost this distinction, not by his own death, but due to the nation electing a vice president who was older. John C. Calhoun became the oldest living vice president following the death of Aaron Burr on September 14, 1836, but lost this distinction on March 4, 1837 when Richard M. Johnson was inaugurated. Charles G. Dawes who the oldest living vice president while in office following the death of Thomas R. Marshall on June 1, 1925, lost this distinction on March 4, 1929 when Charles Curtis was inaugurated (Dawes subsequently became the oldest living vice president again when Curtis died in February 1936). More recently, Hubert H. Humphrey, who became the oldest living vice president upon Lyndon B. Johnson's death, ceased being the oldest living when Nelson A. Rockefeller became vice president in December 1974. John Adams, Martin Van Buren, Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson, Harry S. Truman, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Gerald Ford also had the distinction of being the oldest living president, as does George H. W. Bush currently.

Vice President	Became oldest living vice president	Ceased to be oldest living vice president	Age at start date	Age at end date	Duration (years, days)	Duration (days)
John Adams	April 21, 1789	July 4, 1826				13,587 days
Aaron Burr	July 4, 1826	September 14, 1836				03,725 days
John C. Calhoun	September 14, 1836	March 4, 1837				00,171 days
Richard Mentor Johnson	March 4, 1837	November 19, 1850				05,008 days
Martin Van Buren	November 19, 1850	July 24, 1862				04,265 days
George Dallas	July 24, 1862	December 31, 1864				00,891 days
Millard Fillmore	December 31, 1864	March 8, 1874				03,354 days
Andrew Johnson	March 8, 1874	July 31, 1875				00,510 days
Hannibal Hamlin	July 31, 1875	July 4, 1891				05,817 days
Levi P. Morton	July 4, 1891	May 16, 1920				10,543 days
Thomas R. Marshall	May 16, 1920	June 1, 1925				01,842 days
Charles G. Dawes	June 1, 1925	March 4, 1929				01,372 days
Charles Curtis	March 4, 1929	February 8, 1936				02,532 days
Charles G. Dawes	February 8, 1936	April 23, 1951				05,553 days
John Nance Garner	April 23, 1951	November 7, 1967				06,042 days
Harry S. Truman	November 7, 1967	December 26, 1972				01,876 days
Lyndon B. Johnson	December 26, 1972	January 22, 1973				00,027 days
Hubert Humphrey	January 22, 1973	December 19, 1974				00,696 days
Nelson Rockefeller	December 19, 1974	January 26, 1979				01,499 days
Richard Nixon	January 26, 1979	April 22, 1994				05,565 days
Gerald Ford	April 22, 1994	December 26, 2006				04,631 days
George H. W. Bush	December 26, 2006	Current		Current		0 days
Vice President	Became oldest living vice president	Ceased to be oldest living vice president	Age at start date	Age at end date	Duration (years, days)	Duration (days)

Vice Presidents by cause and place of death and of interment

OD	Vice President	Date of death	Age	Cause of death	Place of death	Place of interment	OVP
1	Clinton, GeorgeGeorge Clinton	April 20, 1812	72	heart attack	Washington, D.C.	Old Dutch Churchyard, Kingston, New York	4
2	Gerry, ElbridgeElbridge Gerry	November 23, 1814	70		Washington, D.C.	Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.	5
3	Tompkins, DanielDaniel Tompkins	June 11, 1825	50	alcoholism	Tompkinsville, New York	St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, New York City, New York	6
4	Jefferson, ThomasThomas Jefferson	July 4, 1826 (12:30 PM)	83	likely amoebic dysentery	Charlottesville, Virginia	Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia	2
5	Adams, JohnJohn Adams	July 4, 1826 (6:00 PM)	90	likely heart failure caused by arteriosclerosis	Quincy, Massachusetts	United First Parish Church, Quincy, Massachusetts	1
6	Burr, AaronAaron Burr	September 14, 1836	80	stroke	New York City, New York	Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, New Jersey	3
7	Calhoun, John C.John C. Calhoun	March 31, 1850	68	tuberculosis	Washington, D.C.	St. Phillips Churchyard, Charleston, South Carolina	7
8	Johnson, Richard M.Richard M. Johnson	November 19, 1850	70	stroke	Frankfort, Kentucky	Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Kentucky	9
9	King, William R.William R. King	April 18, 1853	67	tuberculosis	King’s Bend, Selma, Alabama	Live Oak Cemetery, Selma, Alabama	13
10	Tyler, JohnJohn Tyler	January 18, 1862	71	bilious fever, respiratory failure	Richmond, Virginia	Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia	10
11	Van Buren, MartinMartin Van Buren	July 24, 1862	79	asthmatic suffocation	Kinderhook, New York	Kinderhook Cemetery, Kinderhook, New York	8
12	Dallas, George MifflinGeorge M. Dallas	December 31, 1864	72		Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	St. Peter’s Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	11
13	Fillmore, MillardMillard Fillmore	March 8, 1874	74	stroke	Buffalo, New York	Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, New York	12
14	Breckinridge, John C.John C. Breckinridge	May 17, 1875	54	cirrhosis	Lexington, Kentucky	Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky	14
15	Johnson, AndrewAndrew Johnson	July 31, 1875	66	stroke	Greeneville, Tennessee	Andrew Johnson National Cemetery, Greeneville, Tennessee	16
16	Wilson, HenryHenry Wilson	November 22, 1875	63	stroke	Capitol Building, Washington, D.C.	Old Dell Park Cemetery, Natick, Massachusetts	18
17	Colfax, SchuylerSchuyler Colfax	January 13, 1885	61	heart attack	Mankato, Minnesota	City Cemetery, South Bend, Indiana	17
18	Hendricks, Thomas A.Thomas A. Hendricks	November 25, 1885	66		Indianapolis, Indiana	Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana	21
19	Arthur, ChesterChester Arthur	November 18, 1886	57	Bright's disease, apoplexy	New York City, New York	Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, New York	20
20	Wheeler, William A.William A. Wheeler	June 4, 1887	67		Malone, New York	Morningside Cemetery, Malone, New York	19
21	Hamlin, HannibalHannibal Hamlin	July 4, 1891	81		Bangor, Maine	Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine	15
22	Hobart, GarretGarret Hobart	November 21, 1899	55	heart failure	Paterson, New Jersey	Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, New Jersey	24
23	Sherman, James S.James S. Sherman	October 30, 1912	57	bright's disease	Utica, New York	Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, New York	27
24	Stevenson, Adlai E.Adlai Stevenson I	June 14, 1914	78		Chicago, Illinois	Evergreen Cemetery, Bloomington, Illinois	23
25	Fairbanks, Charles W.Charles W. Fairbanks	June 4, 1918	66		Indianapolis, Indiana	Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana	26
26	Roosevelt, TheodoreTheodore Roosevelt	January 6, 1919	60	assumed coronary embolism, inflammatory rheumatism	Oyster Bay, New York	Young's Memorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, New York	25
27	Morton, LeviLevi P. Morton	May 16, 1920	96		Rhinebeck, New York	Rhinebeck Cemetery, Rhinebeck, New York	22
28	Marshall, Thomas R.Thomas R. Marshall	June 1, 1925	71		Washington, D.C.	Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana	28
29	Coolidge, CalvinCalvin Coolidge	January 5, 1933	60	heart attack	Northampton, Massachusetts	Notch Cemetery, Plymouth Notch, Vermont	29
30	Curtis, CharlesCharles Curtis	February 8, 1936	76	heart attack	Washington, D.C.	Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Kansas	31
31	Dawes, Charles G.Charles G. Dawes	April 23, 1951	85		Evanston, Illinois	Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois	30
32	Barkley, AlbenAlben W. Barkley	April 30, 1956	78	heart attack	Lexington, Virginia	Mount Kenton Cemetery, Paducah, Kentucky	35
33	Wallace, Henry A.Henry A. Wallace	November 18, 1965	77	Lou Gehrig’s disease	Danbury, Connecticut	Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa	33
34	Garner, John NanceJohn Nance Garner	November 7, 1967	98		Uvalde, Texas	Uvalde Cemetery, Uvalde, Texas	32
35	Truman, HarryHarry S. Truman	December 26, 1972	88	minor lung congestion; organ failures; cardiovascular system collapse, hypotension	Kansas City, Missouri	Truman Library, Independence, Missouri	34
36	Johnson, LyndonLyndon B. Johnson	January 22, 1973	64	heart attack	Johnson City, Texas	Lyndon B. Johnson Nat'l Historical Park, Johnson City, Texas	37
37	Humphrey, HubertHubert Humphrey	January 13, 1978	66	bladder cancer	Waverly, Minnesota	Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota	38
38	Rockefeller, Nelson A.Nelson Rockefeller	January 26, 1979	70	heart attack	New York City, New York	Rockefeller Family Cemetery, Tarrytown, New York	41
39	Nixon, RichardRichard Nixon	April 22, 1994	81	stroke, swelling of the brain	New York City, New York	Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace, Yorba Linda, California	36
40	Agnew, SpiroSpiro Agnew	September 17, 1996	77	acute leukemia	Berlin, Maryland	Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens, Timonium, Maryland	39
41	Ford, GeraldGerald Ford	December 26, 2006	93	arteriosclerotic cerebrovascular disease, diffuse arteriosclerosis	Rancho Mirage, California	Gerald R. Ford Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan	40
OD	Vice President	Date of death	Age	Cause of death	Place of death	Place of interment	OVP